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Russell Engel was born in Vesta, Minnesota, the son of a farmer who left the farm to work in oil refineries in Caspar,...

Rodney Charles Fraser used to have wheelchair races down the hospital hallways [Annotator’s Note: he laughs]. The young...

Herbert Fontenot found a sweetheart after his discharge from the Navy. She was similar in background to him. They fell...

Dr. Roscoe Brown feels that Washington D.C. was an ambivalent city when it came to race. When they got to Virginia they...

Ben Kuroki was amazed that he only saw one Japanese Zero [Annotators Note: Mitsubishi A6M fighter aircraft, also known...

Joseph Taliancich did basic training at Camp Beauregard [Annotator’s Note: Camp Beauregard, Louisiana], then he was...

As soon as William "Bill" Parker returned to the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, he was put on patrol...

[Annotator’s Note: Can hear people talking in the background throughout segment.] Upon arrival in the United States,...

With his unit [Annotator's Note: 511th Engineer Light Ponton Company], Reginald Duncan arrived in Arlon, Belgium and...

Charles Fitts, Jr. and the other prisoners were taken to a bunker. There, they realized just how many of the men had...

After qualifying [Annotator's Note: as a military pilot], Robert Walker was sent to Eglin Field [Annotator's Note: now...

Donald Strait's first victory came when he was escorting B-17s [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy...

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